Colloquial Romanian The Complete Course for Beginners

This fourth edition of Colloquial Romanian has been completely updated to make learning Romanian easier and more enjoyable than ever before.

Written by experienced teachers of Romanian, this course offers a step-by-step approach to spoken and written Romanian. No previous knowledge of the language is required.

What makes this new edition of Colloquial Romanian you best choice in language learning?

• lively dialogues reflecting life in contemporary Romania
• a range of stimulating exercises with full answer key
• clear grammar notes and summary
• extensive English-Romanian and Romanian-English glossaries.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Introduction.  1. Good day  2. Welcome to Romania  3. On holiday  4. What’s the time  5. At the restaurant  6. The weather forecast  7. At the Post Office  8. Going shopping  9. Buying a new car  10. Revision  11. Trouble at home  12. Friends  13. A visit to the doctor  14. The dream  15. At the market  16. Gossip  17. Sports  18. A new house  19. Bedtime story  20. Revision  Key to exercises.  Romanian verb table.  Romanian-English glossary.  English-Romanian glossary.

Dennis Deletant is Professor of Romanian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London.

Ramona Gönczöl-Davies is a native speaker of Romanian and Lector in Romanian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies.